The upcoming Android flagship chips are expected to launch in September. Qualcomm has already confirmed the launch of the Snapdragon 8 Elite 2 during the Snapdragon Summit on September 23.
Now, tipster Digital Chat Station says the new Dimensity 9500 will be announced on September 22, just one day before Qualcomm’s Snapdragon event.
We’ve already seen some early benchmark numbers for Qualcomm’s chip in a phone that appears to be the Galaxy S26 Edge. The results weren’t final, but they gave us a rough idea of its power.
Both new chips are expected to use TSMC’s latest 3nm process, which should make them faster and more power-efficient. However, their designs are different.
MediaTek will use ARM’s standard CPU and GPU designs for Dimensity 9500. It is expected to feature a combo of four Cortex-X930 (three clocked slightly lower) and four Cortex-A730. Qualcomm, on the other hand, is working on custom Oryon cores for 8 Elite 2.
Moreover, the Dimensity 9500’s fastest cores could run at 4.00GHz, faster than last year’s Dimensity 9400, but still slower than Qualcomm’s rumored 4.74GHz for the 8 Elite 2. The chip will likely keep the same 12-core Mali-G1 Ultra GPU as before.
With this setup, MediaTek’s solution reportedly scores over 3,900 in single-core and exceeds 11,000 in multi-core tests on Geekbench 6.
Another notable upgrade could be support for ARM’s Scalable Matrix Extension (SME), which could make the Dimensity 9500 much better at heavy computing tasks and boost multi-core performance by a notable margin.
September will not be just about the chips, though. Once they’re official, we are pretty sure that Android manufacturers will start teasing their new flagship phones with these chips. In fact, the Xiaomi 16 series, powered by the Snapdragon 8 Elite 2, is expected to launch later that month.
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